I’m still working on the perfect dairy free pumpkin pie, but this dairy free chocolate coconut cream pie has been a happy substitute in the mean time. It’s quite similar to my world famous chocolate haupia pie (which really needs a new photo, how embarrassing!) […]

Yay! Another recipe to post!!! I’m still in the first trimester of my first pregnancy, which for me means the slightest smells can bring on waves of nausea. It’s so strange that some of my favorite scents like frying bacon, roasting garlic or aloe lotion […]

There are so many times that I pull a package of ground beef out of the freezer and wonder, “How am I going to do something new and exciting with this?” Since we buy a part of a cow, we end up with about 50 […]

If you haven’t yet noticed my obsession with edible flowers, this post will make it completely apparent. One of my favorite summer lunches is lightly fried zucchini blossoms. I simply stuff them with a small spoonful of goat cheese and then dip them in a […]

Our CSA is starting next week and I’m so excited. I feel like a got a head start last week though, picking up produce from Mosby Farm who donates ingredients for the Healthy Cooking on a Tight Budget Program. I LOVE Mosby and totally need […]

In March I posted a beef potsticker recipe as part of the United Way Hunger Challenge. While good, it doesn’t compare to my turkey potsticker recipe. Ground turkey just seems to have a softer texture that works well with the potsticker wrapper which is chewy […]

“Gluten free diet! I’m from the South, how can I go gluten free? I’ll never get fried chicken again!!!” Her hair tossing around her ears like a curtain of braids, the woman in line behind me at the grocery store wailed to her friend in […]